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Handel as Orpheus

Voice and Desire in the Chamber Cantatas [Paperback]

by Ellen T. Harris

    • Author

      Ellen T. Harris

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Harvard University Press

    • Published

      September 2004

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      Handel as Orpheus

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      Product Description

      Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments that describe the joy and pain of love. In "Handel as Orpheus," the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Ellen Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty. The cantatas were written between 1706 and 1723--from the time Handel left his home in Germany, through the years he spent in Florence and Rome, and into the early part of his London career. In this period he lived as a guest in aristocratic homes, and composed these chamber works for his patrons and hosts, primarily for private entertainments. In both Italy and England his patrons moved in circles in which same-sex desire was commonplace--a fact that is not without significance, Harris reveals, for the cantatas exhibit a clear homosexual subtext. Addressing questions about style and form, dating, the relation of music to text, rhythmic and tonal devices, and voicing, "Handel as Orpheus" is an invaluable resource for the study and enjoyment of the cantatas, which have too long been neglected. This innovative study brings greater understanding of Handel, especially his development as a composer, and new insight into the role of sexuality in artistic expression.

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      • Author

        Ellen T. Harris

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Harvard University Press

      • Published

        September 2004

      • Weight

        713g

      • Page Count

        448

      • Dimensions

        164 x 244 x 30 mm

      • ISBN

        9780674015982

      • ISBN-10

        0674015983

      • Eden Code

        4577675

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      • Author/Creator: Ellen T. Harris

      • ISBN: 9780674015982

      • Publisher: Harvard University Press

      • Release Date: September 2004

      • Weight: 713g

      • Dimensions: 164 x 244 x 30 mm

      • Eden Code: 4577675

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